Ex. 1. Find the words from column B to match their description in column A.
A.
1. feel sad because someone you love is not with you or you don’t have sth you had before
2. attractive, exciting and related to wealth and success
3. a famous person
4. a place that has no hills or mountains
5. to pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else
6. sth that causes problems
7. the way people live, including the place they live in, the things they own, the job they do and the activities they enjoy
8. to share interests or experiences
9. unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to
10. in or to a foreign country
11. having good luck
12. exchange information, news, ideas
13. making you feel extremely tired
14. very bad or unpleasant
15. extremely important and necessary
16. a situation in which people try to be more successful than other people
17. to pay someone to work for you
18. to separate smth into two or more parts
B.
a) lonely
b) flat
c) divide
d) competition
e) communicate
f) essential
g) rent
h) abroad
i) awful
j) glamorous
k) exhausting
l) have sth in common
m) employ
n) disadvantage
o) lifestyle
p) celebrity
q) lucky
r) miss
Ex. 2. Match synonymous words and expressions.
1. awful
2. essential
3. divide
4. exhausting
5. have sth in common
6. landscape
7. miss
8. lucky
9. celebrity
a) important
b) feel sad about sb or sth
c) scenery
d) star
e) fortunate
f) terrible
g) tiring
h) share interests or experiences
i) separate
Ex. 3. Match antonymous words and expressions.
1. advantage
2. abroad
3. awful
4. lucky
5. flat
6. useful
7. tiring
8. divorced
a) useless
b) hilly
c) married
d) relaxing
e) at home
f) pleasant
g) disadvantage
h) unlucky
Ex. 4. Complete the charts below. Mind some spelling changes.
| noun | adjective |
| 1. luck 2. glamour 3. ---- 4. ---- | ---- ---- wonderful useful |
| verb | noun |
| 1. ---- 2. compete 3. employ 4. ---- | communication ---- ---- practice |
| verb | adjective |
| 1. ---- 2. tire | exhausting ---- |
Ex. 5. Complete the sentences with one of the words from Ex. 4.
1. I had to drive nine hours without a break – it was ….
2. It was Hollywood’s most … studio.
3. Radio was the pilot’s only means of ….
4. Some companies … people to do this on a full-time basis.
5. You’re lucky you have such … kids.
6. My … number is seven.
7. Sometimes there’s a lot of … between children for their mother’s attention.
8. The shoe factory is the largest … in this area.
9. You need to … regularly if you are going to be a good piano player.
10. Other … information is also given at the back of the book.
Ex. 6. Complete each sentence with a collocation from the box.
comfortable lifestyle / advantages and disadvantages / at home and abroad / social life / essential information / awful things / useful advice / communication technology / lucky man / rent rooms
1. Exercise classes are a good way to keep fit and improve your ….
2. Most students … in their second year.
3. They are planning to open a centre on the use of information and ….
4. The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both ….
5. My father asked me why I said these ….
6. You can get … from the website.
7. Your son’s a …, having a father like you.
8. He enjoyed a … in his retirement.
9. Let’s discuss the … of living in a big city.
10. The bank gave us a lot of … about starting our own business.
Ex. 7. Insert the right prepositions where necessary.
1. Adam, clear … this mess before your father sees it.
2. … night the temperature drops below zero.
3. What do you think … your new school?
4. I found I had a lot … common with these people.
5. I never play tennis … weekdays, only … weekends.
6. It will take you … least 20 minutes to get there.
7. It’s really kind … them to let us use their pool.
8. In Cairo, the streets are busy 24 hours … a day.
9. He had a pleasant house with a view … the sea.
10. When Jane lived … abroad, she missed … her family badly.
11. What do you like most … living in this country?
Ex. 8. Fill in each gap with a suitable word.
1. Since he came out of prison no one would … him.
a) employ
b) work
c) pay
2. The main … of being a nurse is working irregular hours.
a) accident
b) adventure
c) disadvantage
3. Tammy felt very … when she first arrived in New York.
a) alone
b) lonely
c) single
4. She … her time between New York and Paris.
a) divides
b) separates
c) shares
5. The house is … near the college.
a) occupied
b) situated
c) made
6. Regular exercise is part of a healthy ….
a) lifetime
b) lifestyle
c) life story
7. Cambridge is very … and you can see for miles.
a) flat
b) clear
c) deep
8. Without qualification it’s nearly impossible to earn a good ….
a) work
b) money
c) wage
9. There are a lot of activities to … the kids busy.
a) keep
b) stay
c) be
10. Ken had a(n) … at work and had to go to hospital.
a) situation
b) incident
c) accident
Ex. 9. Replace the underlined words with a single word or word combination.
1. The area has become very modern and fashionable and a lot of artists live here.
2. They learn skills that are extremely important for success in later life.
3. “What’s it like outside?” “It’s very unpleasant ”.
4. I’d rather have my own house than pay money to live in a house that belongs to someone else.
5. She felt there was something unusual (surprising) about Dexter’s voice.
6. I did three hours in addition to my normal working hours yesterday.
7. She often goes to foreign countries on business.
8. What is the amount of space from New York to Miami?
9. People have different ways of exchanging information.
10. This bar is a good place to go out to if you want to meet some famous people.